Search Results: European History from Design Books

Paris: Artcurial, 2008. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a discrete small handstamp from one of the major New York museums, on the lower part of the title-page. Complete with DVD attached to inside rear cover. Text in French. This is a sale catalog, the first one in a series, on the history of French aviation. The sale was held in Paris at the Hotel Marcel Dassault on October 11-12, 2008. Sale number: 01533. The first part of the sale marked 1ere Partie had three sections: 1) letters and manuscripts of Jean Mermoz; and 2) material documenting the Bleriot Type XI plane; and 3) Collection Monsieur A. et a divers. Jean Mermoz (1901- 1936) was a French aviator, viewed as a hero by other pilots such as Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and in his native France, where many schools bear his name. He first met Antoine de Saint Exupery when they both worked at the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. In 1933, Mermoz was appointed… Read More

Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1978. This is ia very good softcover copy with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out (save for a short name to the title-page). Spine not creased, binding firm. A little wear to the right corners and a tiny tear to the back cover top edge. Text in French. This is a survey of political posters and broadsides associated with the Chambre Syndicale in Paris (Confederation Generale du Travaille) from the late 19th century to the 1970's. Illustrated in black & white and color. Also a number of vintage photographs in black & white of workers, street demonstrations, etc. 13 1/2" high X 10 1/2" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. This is a very good hardcover copy in dark black cloth covers with the title and front cover vignette in bright gilt. Title to spine dulled, spine sunned and a scrap of an old paper label remains at the foot of the spine. This copy was de-accessioned from a small state historical society and so bears their plate and withdrawal stamp to the inside front cover. Also a few very small hand-stamped numbers and a short inscription to the front endpaper in the year of publication, but other than that, very clean throughout. illustrated in black & white with photographs and half-tones, and a fold-out map. 10" high X 7" wide, 476 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Madrid, Spain: Siglo Veintiuno Editores de Espana, 1988. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in Spanish. Stated first edition. Bibliography. 8" high X 5" wide, 460 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket is a little toned and has a bit of light soil. Internally completely clean. Maps of 40 cities in Europe, Russia, America and Asia are presented in full-page color plates. All maps were drawn and published between 1830 - 42. 13" high X 15" wide, 102 pages. Large heavy book. Foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking. . 2nd Edition. Revised.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Geneva: Librairie E. Droz, 1958. This is an about very good two volume set in the original printed wrappers with light wear. Some chipping around the spine tips and top edges. Very clean inside, previous owner name inside one volume on the front endpaper. Covers a little soiled. Text toned and a bit brittle. Text in French. Subtitled 'Dictionnaire d'un lange perdu'. Illustrated in black & white with 85 reproductions of artworks. 11" high X 8" wide, xiv + 430 pages + illustrations. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Original Wraps. Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. This is a very good hardcover copy in red cloth with tan cloth spine and printed paper title label on the spine. Very clean inside and out, but a few previous owner names to the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean throughout, both text and plates. Many black & white plates with drawings and sketches by the author. 9" high X 6" wide, vi, 335 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1971. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York on May 4, 1971. Sale number: 3201. This is Part Two only. 459 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in black & white. Prices realized sheets included. 10" high X 7" wide, 69 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Assouline, 2011. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a like illustrated hardshell slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. No fading gilt letters still bright on red cloth spine. Lightly bumped front board lower corner does not affect the text block. Illustrated in black & white and color with photographs from the legendary costume balls of the twentieth century. 14" high X 11" wide, 307 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

London: Sotheby's, 2010. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on May 5, 2010. Sale code: L10409 "CORONELLI". The sale consisted of the Benevento Collection (71 lots) of important maps and atlases. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Dublin, Ireland : Published for the Department of Education by the Stationary Office, 1936. This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original green cloth boards with title in gilt on the spine. Long ago released from the American Irish Historical Society and bearing their bookplate on the inside front cover with details of gift by an individual who also signed the endpaper in 1949. This is a non-circulating reference library so no cards, pockets, etc. Just one bookplate and one handstamp to the title-page, Endpapers a bit browned. Otherwise completely clean throughout. 10" high X 6" wide, 177 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Pierre Berge, 2008. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Pierre Berge at the Drouot Richelieu in Paris on March 19, 2008. The sale consisted of the Dominique de Villepin library. 335 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. Catalog divided in 2 sections: 1) de Buona parte a Bonaparte fin de l'Ancien Regime et Revolution; and 2) Bonaparte et Napoleon: Directoire, Consulat, Empire. Bibliography. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 225. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. , 1951. This is a very good hardcover copy in full green polished Morocco, decorated in gilt. Some wear to spine tips with loss of surface color. The spine also has raised bands which have some wear. Overall still a very good copy in an attractive leather binding decorated in gilt with horseheads and horeshoes at the corners, front and back, and gilt-tooling on the edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. All page-edges gilt. Binding unsigned. 11 color plates of paintings of well known British racecourses and black & white drawings, all by Lionel Edwards, R.I. Foreword by the Duke of Norfolk. Covers Ascot, Cheltenham, Chester, Doncaster, Epsom, Goodwood, Liverpool, Newmarket, Pontefract, Salisbury, Sandown Park, and York. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 145 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Full-Leather. Very Good.

Milan, Italy: Giorgio Mondadori & Associati, 1985. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with almost no wear. A tiny chip out of the base of the spine, otherwise fine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Encyclopedic survey of wines of the world. Illustrated in color with hundreds of reproductions of wine labels. 12" high X 9" wide, 391 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Valencia, Spain: Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia Direccion General De Bellas Artes , 1967. This is a very good two volume hardcover set in very good dust jackets. Both volumes came from the collection of Gomez-Moreno's daughter and bear her signatures on the front panel of the dust jackets, and the front endpapers. Otherwise compltely clean throughout. Text in Spanish. This is a thorough survey of the artistic patrimony of Salamanca, Spain, focussing on the architecture and sculpture. Indices of artists, and places, and notable persons. 649 black & white photographic plates. 10" high X 7" wide, xviii, 527 text pages + plates. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1960. This is an almost very good softcover copy with light wear. Bound simply in the publishers light gray printed wrappers, the back cover has browned, and the spine has some browning as well. Light tan spotting to page edges. Very clean inside. Front cover clean, lower right corner creased. Not illustrated. This volume contains the Additions from 1927- 1942 to the Fiske Icelandic Collection. . This is not the larger original catalogue. 9" high X 6" wide, 295 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Sotheby's, 1977. This is a very good 2 volume hardcover set in the original green printed boards with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out, a few page corners bent in the First Portion. These are sale catalogs for auctions that were held at Sotheby's London, New Bond Street location on November 14-15, 1977 and May 8-9, 1978. The First Portion: Abbeville- Lyons, had 344 lots. Many illustrated in black & white + fold-out color frontispiece. The Second Portion: Madrid- Zwolle, had lots 345 through 698. Thus 698 lots in the complete sale. Price estimates sheets for both Portions, but not prices realized sheets. 10" high X 7" wide. Various indices: authors, titles, printers, provenance. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Área de Cultura, , 2011. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in Spanish and English. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition held at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University, New York, from October 5 to December 17, 2011. Agusti Centelles Osso (1909-1985) was a Catalan photographer, working on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War. As a refugee from Francoist Spain he was interned in France where he recorded life in the camp at Bram. He is considered 'one of the founders of Spanish photojournalism and has been called the "Spanish Robert Capa", with a direct, spare style and great skill with the miniature Leica which enabled him to follow and photograph scenes of the Civil War'. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 321 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely… Read More

Prague: Orbis, 1990. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Front cover creased on lower corner. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Czech. This book is a photographic record of the democracy demonstrations and street protests in the Czech Republic in the late 1980's. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 9" high X 6" wide, 110 pages. Scarce. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Cagliari, Sardegna : Zonza Editori , 2003. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is one volume from the 10 volume series: 'Chiese e arte sacra in Sardegna' edited by Mons. Antioco Piseddu. This volume is on the Church of Sassari. Illustrated in color throughout. Bibliography. Index of medieval inscriptions. 11" high X 8" wide, 238 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.